Controversy over the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation's cleaning tender rate: questions have been raised on the rate of ₹2500/km, asking why the tender is more expensive than Chandigarh-Indore.

A major political controversy has erupted over the mechanical sweeping tender issued by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) for the cleaning of city roads. It is being said that the rate is much lower than Indore, which has been holding the top spot in cleaning for many years, with a rate of ₹400. The rate in many cities of Punjab and Chandigarh is also lower. Then why is the rate so high here? Mamata Ashu, wife of former Punjab minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, has raised this issue on social media.